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Lesson 2 of 15 · Earth Materials

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Where Puddles Go

Where Puddles Go
🧪Lab Brief #2

Earth Materials.

🎯 Your mission

Run the experiment. Find out what really happens.

⚡ The twist

Today's mountain was yesterday's ocean floor.

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Mind = Blown

🪨 Every grain of sand on every beach used to be a mountain.

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Make a hypothesis first

Guess: where will the water go first?

What You'll Learn

Puddles form when it rains. The sun dries up puddles by making the water go into the air.

Key Words

Tap a word to see its definition.

Materials Needed

  • water

Safety First

  • Mop up spills straight away so nobody slips, and keep liquids away from sockets.

Steps

Step 1Read

Say the vocabulary words out loud. Can you repeat them?

Step 2Do

Put a cup of water outside. Check it tomorrow—did it change?

Step 3Observe

Use your eyes, ears, and hands to explore. What do you notice?

Step 4Record

Color a picture to show what happened.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

1 of 3

What falls from clouds?

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Where you see this in real life

Today's weather, tomorrow's beach, next century's coastline — all this.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Look at the sky for 5 minutes and try to predict tomorrow's weather.

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For the dinner table

What's the slowest change you can think of?

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Where Puddles Go

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